diff --git a/DecisionSystem/voter.py b/DecisionSystem/voter.py
index af39d76..6b0da48 100644
--- a/DecisionSystem/voter.py
+++ b/DecisionSystem/voter.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 from Messaging.packmessage import PackMessage
+import umsgpack
 
 class Voter:
-    def submit_vote(self, vote_contents):
-        NotImplementedError
+    def __init__(self):
+        # self._client = 
+        pass
 
-    
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+    def submit_vote(self, vote_contents):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def request_vote(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
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